I'm using Kendo UI dropdownlist inside a listview

<ul data-role=listview id=participants-listview data-style=inset data-template=participants-listview-template data-bind=source: participants, events { click: onSelectParticipant } />



<script type=text/x-kendo-template id=listview-template>

    <div>

            <span>#:RoleDesc#</span> 

            <span>

                <select data-role=dropdownlist id=status-id

                        data-text-field=StatusDesc 

                        data-value-field=StatusId

                        data-bind=value: StatusId, source: participantStatuses, events: { change: onParticipantStatusChange } 

                        name=Status 

                        required=required 

                        validationMessage=required>

                </select>

            </span> 

    </div>

</script>

the viewModel

viewModel = kendo.data.ObservableObject.extend({

    dataSource: new kendo.data.DataSource({

            transport: {

                type: odata,

                read: {

                    url: function() {

                        return meetings/participants;

                    }

                }

              }        

        }),

    participants: [], //listview data

    participantStatuses: [   // dropdownlist selection 

            { StatusId: 1, StatusDesc: Invited } ,

            { StatusId: 6, StatusDesc: Present }, 

            { StatusId: 7, StatusDesc: Absent } 

        ],

    selectedParticipant: null,

    showListView: function(e) {

        viewModel.dataSource.fetch(function(){

                var data = viewModel.dataSource.data();

                meetingViewModel.set(participants, data);

            });

    },

I'm expecting that the when the page load, the selected statusId of the participants will be captured by the dropdownlist as selectedValue by binding the particpants' StatusId to the value property of the dropdown, like this data-bind=value:StatusId. But it's wierd in my case, it's throwing an error

 Uncaught TypeError: Object #<Object> has no method 'get' 

when I removed the data-bind=value:StatusId, the error is gone but It doesnt select the appropriate selected value.

Any ideas about this bug?